Adam the Lighting Guy
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This feels like a flashback in a sense.
Way back in the day I owned a 77' Chevrolet Monza, factory 305 car. The OE 305 was tired so I swapped in a 350 out of a Chevelle I had bought just for the engine. In my infinite (young/stupid/mostly clueless) wisdom, I swapped out the heads for a set of rebuilt heads with smaller chambers for a compression boost. Something went wrong along the way. I must have damaged an oil control ring because the thing burned oil at an alarming rate. I was slightly disenchanted to say the least.
My neighbor came across a "Target Master" 350 still in the crate. 350, 4 bolt mains, cast crap with 8.5/1 compression but it was new. Brand New & I was excited. Not really knowing what to expect in terms of performance I dropped it into the Monza and enjoyed a non oil burning pile of Malaise greatness for a few months.
Fast forward a few months and I was attending community college. The Monza was my daily driver. As I was walking back to my car one afternoon, I noticed one of my side windows looked different from a distance. Yeah, it was different, like broken different and the tint was the only thing holding the saftey glass together. I was beyond pissed. My stereo had been jacked as well as my kicker box and amp.
I drove the car home, parked it, and did some retail therapy with Jegs to the tune of $1500. Cam, lifters, locks retainers, valve springs, push rods, intake manifold, timing chain, oil pump and Hooker Super Comp Headers.
Other than a couple of stock engine swaps, I had never dumped that much cash into just performance before.
The result was shocking to me at the time. Massive (remember, this was in 1990) improvement in power and sound.
I've got that kinda bug again. I just ordered a Steeda X/H pipe and clamps, and I'm communicating with Wengerd for a 93/E85 tune. I'm very excited for what this will end up doing. I am also requesting that the grill shutters open most of the time as well as adding a 180' thermostat. I'm not comfortable with the CHT's on the highway sitting between 220-232F at speed with the A/C running in 90-100F heat. This is when I'm doing between 70-85mph. I am looking forward to the transmission logic shift changes big time as it feels clumsy with the shift logic, especially in sport anything.
After this, it's a few suspension improvements.
The Stereo will wait this time.
Way back in the day I owned a 77' Chevrolet Monza, factory 305 car. The OE 305 was tired so I swapped in a 350 out of a Chevelle I had bought just for the engine. In my infinite (young/stupid/mostly clueless) wisdom, I swapped out the heads for a set of rebuilt heads with smaller chambers for a compression boost. Something went wrong along the way. I must have damaged an oil control ring because the thing burned oil at an alarming rate. I was slightly disenchanted to say the least.
My neighbor came across a "Target Master" 350 still in the crate. 350, 4 bolt mains, cast crap with 8.5/1 compression but it was new. Brand New & I was excited. Not really knowing what to expect in terms of performance I dropped it into the Monza and enjoyed a non oil burning pile of Malaise greatness for a few months.
Fast forward a few months and I was attending community college. The Monza was my daily driver. As I was walking back to my car one afternoon, I noticed one of my side windows looked different from a distance. Yeah, it was different, like broken different and the tint was the only thing holding the saftey glass together. I was beyond pissed. My stereo had been jacked as well as my kicker box and amp.
I drove the car home, parked it, and did some retail therapy with Jegs to the tune of $1500. Cam, lifters, locks retainers, valve springs, push rods, intake manifold, timing chain, oil pump and Hooker Super Comp Headers.
Other than a couple of stock engine swaps, I had never dumped that much cash into just performance before.
The result was shocking to me at the time. Massive (remember, this was in 1990) improvement in power and sound.
I've got that kinda bug again. I just ordered a Steeda X/H pipe and clamps, and I'm communicating with Wengerd for a 93/E85 tune. I'm very excited for what this will end up doing. I am also requesting that the grill shutters open most of the time as well as adding a 180' thermostat. I'm not comfortable with the CHT's on the highway sitting between 220-232F at speed with the A/C running in 90-100F heat. This is when I'm doing between 70-85mph. I am looking forward to the transmission logic shift changes big time as it feels clumsy with the shift logic, especially in sport anything.
After this, it's a few suspension improvements.
The Stereo will wait this time.
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